Well, I've only seen the trailer, but to me it looks exactly like an HP-rip off, so if that's what they were trying to avoid, they failed! Plus, the book is nothing like HP and it seems like some of the changes they've made (turning the loving, sympathetic family into one that's harsh and unfriendly, for example) clearly make it more HPish, not less! The story arc through the series is quite, quite different and Will as a character could not be less like Harry.
However, if what they were trying to ensure was that the great majority of the audience haven't read the books, they've certainly gone about that the right way!
I don't object in principle to things being changed for a different medium. I even quite enjoyed the Keira Knightley 'Pride and Prejudice' which all the real Austen-ites loathed. I just don't think this looks like it's even going to be a good film.
*sigh* Never mind. I'll just imagine it in my head. That's worked pretty well so far.
Oh, and I think you might enjoy reading these if you ever come across them. The first in the series is actually 'Over Sea Under Stone' but the first two (the second is 'The Dark Is Rising') can be read in either order I think.
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Date: 2007-10-07 03:23 am (UTC)However, if what they were trying to ensure was that the great majority of the audience haven't read the books, they've certainly gone about that the right way!
I don't object in principle to things being changed for a different medium. I even quite enjoyed the Keira Knightley 'Pride and Prejudice' which all the real Austen-ites loathed. I just don't think this looks like it's even going to be a good film.
*sigh* Never mind. I'll just imagine it in my head. That's worked pretty well so far.
Oh, and I think you might enjoy reading these if you ever come across them. The first in the series is actually 'Over Sea Under Stone' but the first two (the second is 'The Dark Is Rising') can be read in either order I think.